The effectiveness of schema therapy on emotional irritability and family functioning in women affected by contract breach

The purpose of this study as to investigate the effectiveness of schema therapy on the emotional irritability, family functioning in women affected by infidelity. The method of this study was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest and control group. The statistical population included women victims of infidelity referring to counseling centers Under the supervision of the judiciary in zanjan. Thirty couples were selected via purposeful and available sampling method based on the studys criteria and randomly assigned to experimental (n=15) and control groups (n=15). The eight-session schema therapy protocol was performed on the experimental group. In the pre-test and post-test stages, both groups completed the emotinal irritability scale of (Brithwaite, 1987) & family functioning scale of (Epstein et al.,1983). The result of One-way analysis of covariance in dicated that schema therapy group counseling significantly decreased the post-test average score of emotional irritability family fuctioning in experimental group. Thus, it could be concluded that schema therapy is an effective method in reducing emotinal irritability, family functioning in women suffering from the trauma of indifidelity and can be used by counselors and therapists in the field of family therapy.